Neurobiological and clinical effect of metacognitive interpersonal therapy vs structured clinical model : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex and debilitating disorder, characterized by deficits in metacognition and emotion dysregulation. The "gold standard" treatment for this disorder is psychotherapy with pharmacotherapy as an adjunctive treatment to target state symptoms. The present randomized clinical trial aims to assess the clinical and neurobiological changes following Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy (MIT) compared with Structured Clinical Management (SCM) derived from specific recommendations in APA (American Psychiatric Association) guidelines for BPD.

METHODS: The study design is a randomized parallel controlled clinical trial and will include 80 BPD outpatients, aged 18-45 enrolled at 2 recruitment centers. Primary outcome will be the clinical change in emotion regulation capacities assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). We will also investigated the effect of psychotherapy on metacognitive abilities and several clinical features such as BPD symptomatology, general psychopathology, depression, personal functioning, and trait dimensions (anger, impulsivity, alexithymia). We will evaluate changes in brain connectivity patterns and during the view of emotional pictures. A multidimensional assessment will be performed at the baseline, at 6, 12, 18 months. We will obtain structural and functional Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) in MIT-Treated BPD (N = 30) and SCM-treated BPD (N = 30) at baseline and after treatment, as well as in a group of 30 healthy and unrelated volunteers that will be scanned once for comparison.

DISCUSSION: The present study could contribute to elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychotherapy efficacy. The inclusion of a multidisciplinary study protocol will allow to study BPD considering different features that can affect the treatment response and their reciprocal relationships.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02370316 . Registered 02/24/2015.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

BMC psychiatry - 19(2019), 1 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 195

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Magni, Laura Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Carcione, Antonino [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Clarissa [VerfasserIn]
Semerari, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Riccardi, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Nicolo', Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Lanfredi, Mariangela [VerfasserIn]
Pedrini, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Cotelli, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Bocchio, Luisella [VerfasserIn]
Pievani, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Gasparotti, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
CLIMAMITHE Study group [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Roberta [Sonstige Person]
Magni, Laura Rosa [Sonstige Person]
Lanfredi, Mariangela [Sonstige Person]
Pedrini, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Carcione, Antonino [Sonstige Person]
Semerari, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Riccardi, Ilaria [Sonstige Person]
Nicolo', Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Almici, Monica [Sonstige Person]
Beneduce, Rossella [Sonstige Person]
Borsci, Genoveffa [Sonstige Person]
Caprioli, Chiara [Sonstige Person]
Nodari, Matteo [Sonstige Person]
Vita, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Barlati, Stefano [Sonstige Person]
Laffranchini, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Rillosi, Luciana [Sonstige Person]
Rossi, Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Bocchio, Luisella [Sonstige Person]
Cattaneo, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Cattane, Nadia [Sonstige Person]
Tura, Giovanni Battista [Sonstige Person]
Bignotti, Stefano [Sonstige Person]
Speziali, Maddalena [Sonstige Person]
Cotelli, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Rosini, Sandra [Sonstige Person]
Gasparotti, Roberto [Sonstige Person]
Ambrosi, Claudia [Sonstige Person]
Mascaro, Lorella [Sonstige Person]
Corbo, Daniele [Sonstige Person]
Pievani, Michela [Sonstige Person]
Quattrini, Giulia [Sonstige Person]
Bilotta, Elena [Sonstige Person]
Colle, Livia [Sonstige Person]
Conti, Laura [Sonstige Person]
Fiore, Donatella [Sonstige Person]
Micheloni, Alessandra [Sonstige Person]
Procacci, Michele [Sonstige Person]
Silvestre, Valentina [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Borderline personality disorder
Comparative Study
Emotion dysregulation
Journal Article
Metacognition
Neuroimaging
Psychotherapy
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.03.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2020

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02370316

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12888-019-2127-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29849017X